I bought another new water purifier from Seychelle USA a few weeks ago called an Advanced Pure Water Straw. It's a full fledged water purifier in straw form, capable of filtering out 99.9999% of viruses and bacteria as wells as 99.99% of Guardia...
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I got a new water purifier a few weeks ago from Seychelle.com that works with a screw top bottle. The filter element qualifies as a purifier because it is EPA approved to remove viruses and bacteria to 99.9999%, and other biologicals like Giardia and...
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I had almost given up hope of ever finding an ultralight inline purifier for my hydration system. I knew they existed in military circles because I have a friend who works at the US Military Testing Center in Natick, Massachusetts, but I could never...
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I really enjoy having so many backpacking and blogging friends in the UK, Europe, and the rest of the world. Especially, when it comes to staying abreast of the latest innovations in lightweight backpacking and hill walking gear and techniques.
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When I set up a shelter for the night, I always try to fill up two, 3 L platypus hydration bladders with water before I start cooking dinner: one for camp and one for the next day, so I can get an early start. However, depending on the distance between...
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Over the past 2 weeks, I've been testing a gravity-based ultralight water filter system developed by Jason Klass that is based on the Aqua Mira Frontier Pro water filter. I learned about it from my friend Brian's blog. I tired to...
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I get this question every year. "What's a good gift to give a fanatical backpacker that they'll appreciate?" Since I fall into this target audience, I thought I'd give you a hand and recommend some gifts that all cost under $50...
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